QT interval measurement: Q to T(Apex) or Q to T(End)?

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-149

  Davey, P P ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ECG methodology; Heart failure; Left ventricular hypertrophy; QT interval; T wave

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HEART FAILURE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; T WAVE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; REST;

EID: 0032776169     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1999.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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